Skirt-supporter and shirt-waist holder.



' No. 758,146; I PATENT EDAPR.26,1904.

0. B. PETERSON.

' SKIRT S UPPORTE R AND SHIRT WAIST HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0012.19. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED; STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SKlRT-SUPPORTER AND SHIRT-WAIST HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,146, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed October 19, 1903. Serial No. 177 ,659. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARRIE BRANDT PETER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters and Shirt- Waist Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a device for supporting the back of the skirt to prevent it from sagging and at the same time holding down the back of the shirt-waist to prevent it from riding up. Such a device usually comprises a metallic plate of sufficient flexibility that is effective for the purposes intended,'

that when desired) transfers the weight of the skirt from the waist, hips, and neckto the shoulders and front of the corset, and that holds the skirt straight.

To these ends the invention consists in the features of novelty that are hereinafter de scribed with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this specification, and in Which Figure 1 is an elevation of the base-plate without shoulder-straps, waistband, or but Fig. 2 is an elevation of one form of the improved device. Fig. 3.is a similar view of a modification. still another modification, this being elected as the preferred form for the purposes of this application. front portions of the shoulder-straps.

A represents the base-plate, which is preferably made of a strip of thin sheet-aluminium that will-bend easily and conform to the waist. It is provided near each of its ends with two vertical parallel slots B, leaving between them tions.

' and secured by any suitable means.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of Fig. 5 is a detail view of the a bar C, around which one end of each of the two parts of a waistband -D passes and is secured by stitching, a buckle, or other means, the other ends of said two parts being adapted to be tied or otherwise fastened in front of the wearer.

E represents buttons carried by the baseplate and adapted to be passed through buttonholes provided for them in the garment or garments. These buttons may be of any desired number and located in any desired posi- In the drawings three, located one in the center and one near each end, are shown. Furthermore, they may be of any desired construction, but preferably are in the form of studs permanently secured to the plate and having enlarged heads. The base-plate also has near each of its ends two horizontal slots F, providing a horizontal bar G, around which bars the ends of shoulder-straps H are passed 7 These straps pass over the shoulders, and their forward'ends are united to a single piece'I, hav-' corset, thus relieving the hips, waist, and neck.

The device may be used with both the waistband and shoulder-straps, as shown in Fig. 4, or with either alone.

The baseplate is provided also along its lowerimargin with a row of perforations K for enabling a bustle L to be stitched or otherwise secured to it.

What I claim .as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, -is- A device of the class described having a base-plate provided near each of its ends with vertical slots leaving between them a vertical bar and with horizontal slots leaving between them a horizontal bar, a waistband'passing through the vertical slots and held by the vertical bars, shoulder-straps passing through the horizontal slots and held by the horizontal bars, said shoulder-straps being continued adapted to engage the garment or garments, from the shoulders and downward in front of substantially as described. the wearer, a single strap to which the front ends of the shoulder-straps are secured, said CARRIE BRANDT PETERSON.

5 single strap having eyelets adapted to be en- Witnesses:

gaged by a stud or studs on, the corset-stay, C. M. S. RICHARDS, and buttons carried by the base-plate and L. M. RICHARDS. 

